Beauty, Aesthetics, and Surgery: Dr. Jennifer Walden

Beauty, Aesthetics, and Surgery: Dr. Jennifer Walden

Dr. Jennifer Walden is a board certified plastic surgeon and the founder of Jennifer L. Walden, M.D. PLLC and Walden Cosmetic Surgery Center, a private plastic surgery practice and ambulatory surgery center in Austin, Texas. In 2014, she also opened a satellite office in Marble Falls, Texas. Before opening her practices in Texas, Walden worked in New York on the Upper East Side. She experienced her fellowship at Manhatten Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital where she stayed on after completing her fellowship for seven and a half years. During her time in New York, Walden was appointed Clinical Instructor of Surgery at New York University Langone Medical Center.
Apart from her fellowship, Walden was educated entirely at the University of Texas. She obtained her Biology undergraduate degree there and then applied to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Despite being waitlisted at the Medical Branch, Walden graduated as salutatorian of her class. During her time in New York, Walden assisted in the clinical trials that eventually led to the reinstated use of silicone breast implants.
Not only is Walden a plastic surgeon with her own practice, in 2014 she was cited as one of the 24 Best Beauty Surgeons by Harper’s Bazaar. she has been featured as a media commentator as an expert on plastic surgery on a variety of channels including ABC News, Fox news, VHI, E!, and Dr 90210 among others. Walden sits on several medical boards, such as Modern Aesthetics’ and Plastic Surgery Practice’s Editorial Board of Directors and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is also one of the only women to serve as an elected official on the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Board of Directors and is their Vice Commissioner of Communications.
Walden is also well published in her chosen field. She has assisted with the publication of several textbooks and coauthored a textbook titled Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Since 1999 Walden has been publishing journal articles as an author and coauthor on a variety of subjects within the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery.